Kelly v. Mendelsohn

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Blanchard, J.

The plaintiff is a street-paving contractor. The city of New Orleans advertised for bids for paving Tulane avenue. Plaintiff became a bidder and the contract was awarded to him.

Under the law authorizing this paving the abutting property became liable to three-fourths of the cost and the city the remaining one-fourth. '

A special assessment against the abutting property for its proportion of the liability is authorized, and the statute declares that-

“Such local assessment shall havd a first privilege, superior to the vendor’s privilege and…